CHAMBA BEST IN HEALTH ACCORDING TO MDI

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• Recently, National Multidimensional Index of India (MPI) report issued by the Niti Aayog
About Multidimensional Index of India (MPI) report and Himachal Pradesh
• Himachal Pradesh has bagged the 23rd position in the National Multidimensional Index of India
(MPI) report issued by the Niti Aayog, with 7.62 per cent of its population being multidimensionally poor.
• Chamba tops the state with 11.27 per cent MPI, while Sirmaur and Solan district were at the
second and third position with MPI of 10.88 and 9.24 per cent, respectively.
• Smaller district of Kullu was at the fourth position with 8.97 per cent MPI while Mandi is ahead of
tribal districts Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur, registering MPI of 8.3 per cent as against 7.7 per cent
registered by Lahaul-Spiti, which occupies the sixth position among districts. Presence of industrial
clusters appears to have failed to alleviate poverty in Solan and Sirmaur. Bilaspur secured MPI of
7.54 per cent and occupied the seventh position while Shimla is marginally better at eight position
with MPI of 7.5 per cent.
• The state’s biggest district of Kangra has MPI of 5.88 per cent where Una stood next with MPI of
5.12 per cent, followed by Kinnaur at 5.10 per cent and Hamirpur has the lowest MPI score of 4.60
per cent. The MPI was found to be more pronounced in rural areas.
• On parameters of nutrition, there are 27.2 per cent households where a child between the age of
0 to 59 months or women between the ages of 0 to 49 years or men between the ages of 15 to 54
years have been found to be undernourished.
• As many as 3.8 per cent households have a school-aged child not attending school. The school
attendance is deficient from 0.9 to 1.1 per cent for varying school-going aged children.